3M agrees to pay $6 billion after US military said faulty earplugs led to hearing loss
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — 3M has agreed to pay $6 billion to resolve roughly 300,000 lawsuits alleging that the manufacturing…
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Los Angeles politician Mark Ridley-Thomas is sentenced to more than 3 years in prison for corruption
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A veteran Los Angeles politician has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for a scheme involving his son and the University…
Continue ReadingJohnny & Associates founder Kitagawa sexually assaulted hundreds of teens, investigation finds
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A team investigating sexual assault allegations against the late founder of a talent agency for boy…
Continue ReadingA French soldier is killed in clashes with extremists in Iraq
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — The French military says a French soldier serving alongside Iraqi forces was killed in combat…
Continue ReadingMore than 60 people detained after a gay wedding in southern Nigeria
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Police in Nigeria say they detained at least 67 people celebrating a gay wedding. It is one…
Continue ReadingAlumni grieve for Jesuit-run university seized by Nicaraguan government that transformed their lives
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press MÉXICO CITY (AP) — Long before it was confiscated by President Daniel Ortega’s government in…
Continue Reading3 activists are acquitted of defaming a Thai poultry company accused of violating labor laws
By YUCHENG TANG Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Three Thai human rights activists have been acquitted of criminally defaming a poultry company with…
Continue ReadingA German woman who belonged to IS is imprisoned for allowing a 5-year-old child slave to die in Iraq
BERLIN (AP) — A Munich court has sentenced a German woman who was a member of the Islamic State group to 14 years in prison for allowing a…
Continue Reading5 things to know for Aug. 29: Idalia, UNC shooting, Hawaii, Airline fine, Retail theft
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — A trial date of March 4, 2024, has been set for former President Donald Trump for his alleged efforts to…
Continue ReadingMillennial Money: How to manage caregiving costs for parents while raising kids
By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Nearly a quarter of millennials are caregivers for an adult, according to a 2020 AARP survey. And a 2020 survey from…
Continue ReadingCyprus police arrest 21 people after protesters tried to attack Syrian migrants
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Police in Cyprus say they have arrested 21 people and used tear gas and a water cannon after a group of Greek Cypriots…
Continue ReadingUN warns that hundreds of thousands in Southeast Asia have been roped into online scams
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office is reporting that criminal gangs have forced hundreds of thousands of…
Continue ReadingGermany arrests a man accused of illegally exporting electronic components for drones to Russia
A German-Russian dual citizen has been arrested in Germany on allegations of violating the country’s foreign trade act multiple times by exporting…
Continue ReadingUS given OK to enforce maritime law around Palau as Washington vies with China for Pacific influence
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The United States has signed a new agreement with Palau, which gives Coast Guard ships the…
Continue ReadingAustralian prime minister will set a referendum date for Indigenous Voice to Parliament
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Anthony Albanese says he expects public support for creating a…
Continue Reading10 drugs targeted for Medicare price negotiations as Biden pitches cost reductions
By CHRIS MEGERIAN, TOM MURPHY and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden touted the potential cost savings of…
Continue ReadingHurricanes beginning with ‘I’ are the most retired storm names and Idalia could be next
By Kara Nelson, CNN (CNN) — Storms beginning with the letter “I” are the most common tropical system names to become retired in the…
Continue ReadingVatican seeks to tamp down outrage over pope’s words of praise for Russian imperial past
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is seeking to tamp down an uproar that erupted after Pope Francis praised…
Continue ReadingGermany presents plans for a German-Polish House to commemorate Polish victims of World War II
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German government has presented plans for a “German-Polish House” in Berlin to serve…
Continue ReadingThe Jacksonville gunman’s dad called 911 after the deadly rampage started. Here’s what he said about his son
By Jennifer Henderson, Isabel Rosales, Holly Yan and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Authorities have released details from a 911 call made by the…
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